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1928 – 1931
Teachers' Institute in Banská Bystrica
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1931 – 1936
Music and Drama Academy in Bratislava (composing – Alexander Moyzes, conducting – Josef Vincourek)
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1937 – 1939
officer of the Slovak Radio archive of recordings and pictures
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1939
Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna (composing – J. Marx)
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1939 – 1942
conductor of the Bratislava Women Teachers' Choir
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1942
radio music director
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1945 – 1947
conductor of the Bratislava Workers' Choir
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1948 – 1951
head of the Music Department of the Slovak Radio
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1951 – 1955
head of the Music Department at the Ministry of Education
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1955 – 1956
director of the SĽUK ensemble
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since 1956
artistic director of the Slovak National Theatre Opera
Šimon Jurovský – original surname Weiss-Nägel (until 1936).